NWSB Insider & Western hockey league blogger Aidan Chafe returns to the site today and weighs in with his predictions for the Western Conference opening round playoff series. Who will be upset and who will take the next step towards a berth in the Memorial Cup tournament?

NWSB Insider & Western hockey league blogger Aidan Chafe returns to the site today and weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. He tells us the final week of the 2011-12 WHL season will decide which of the bottom four teams will nab the remaining two.

NWSB Insider & Western hockey league blogger Richard Hodges weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. Like the NHL, the WHL is set to kick off it’s 2012 Playoffs. There are still 2 playoff spots left up for grabs in the West while there are 4 in the East. Who will scoop them up? Richard will tell you. Brendan Shinnimin, and Ty Rattie lead the scoring race.

NWSB Insider & Western hockey league blogger Richard Hodgson weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. Like the NHL, the WHL welcomes March as it’s last full month of play before the playoffs begin. While the top eight in the Eastern Conference is set the West is a little more uncertain.

Western hockey league insider Aidan Chafe weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. Ty Rimmer is at it again, helping his Tri-City Americans to a 6-0 record in December on his way to being named WHL Goaltender of the Month.

Western hockey league insider Aidan Chafe weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. On Sunday they followed that solid performance when they blanked the Portland Winterhawks 3-0 as goalie Ty Rimmer made 29 saves for the shutout.

Western hockey league insider Aidan Chafe weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. The boys from the island (Victoria Royals) have played around .500 hockey all season long, and looks as though they might not change that trend.

Western hockey league insider Aidan Chafe weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. No team has been hotter than the Giants who are being powered by their little-big man 5-foot-8 forward Brendan Gallagher.

Western hockey league insider Aidan Chafe weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. Our man on the western hockey league beat tells us a pre-season favourite Emerson Etem to lead the ‘Dub in points, the California native has 24 goals in 19 games and is on pace to score 90 goals.

Western hockey league insider Aidan Chafe weighs in with his next WHL season notebook article. Our man on the western hockey league beat tells us the four division frontrunners are the Regina Pats (9-4-0-0), Kootenay Ice (9-3-0-2), Tri-City Americans (10-5-0-0) and Kamloops Blazers (9-3-0-0).